The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-06-08
President Aimesop, Of Nashville, Tennessee,
Dslivsrs His Annual Address.
Cardinal Gibbons Declines to Make Public His
Views on the Labor Question.
knights of Labor National Legislative
Ccznmittee Submit Their Report to
the General Executive Board.
THIRTY-FIFrH ANNUAL MEETING
Ofthe International typographical Union
at Buffalo, New York.

at new
BUFFALO, n. Y, June 6.-The thirty-6fth
annual convention of the International
Typographical Union began its session
about 200 delegates.
The forenoon was occupied by the work
OF the Committee on Credentials.
In the afternoon President AimesOn, of
Nashville, delivered his annual address.
He congra tulated the convention on the
progress made in the past year and the
cheerful outlook for the future. OF the
strike fund he said: 1T is a mooted ques-
Iion whether the fund as it exists now is
not productive of more injury than benefit.
Last year it was made obligatory to adopt
the strike fund law, and at once numerous
applications were made for aid, so many,
in fact, that the Executive Council became
convinced that the other unions would be
violent in opposition to the consequent
assessment. There can be no question that
in many instances the fund, and not a lust
demand, was the potent factor in asking an
advance. III the fund had been allowed an
immense number of men would have been
thrown out of employment. The Executive
Council, therefore, determined to with
hold aid except in extraordinary cases."
OF the question OF stereotype plates,
which promises to give rise to the greatest
amount of discussion in the convention,
had never been confronted with such an
intricate ana difficult question, and that
whether il was for good or i'll could only be
determined by time. "The system" he
said, "has many supporters within the
ranks of the union, who argue that it af-
fords employment to many, and is also of
an advantage to many papers in small
towns, and even large cities, and that there
are more members engaged than displaced
by the use of plates. On the other hand,
their opponents argue that it is a danger
Gus experiment, and that it will gradually
reduce the working force and eventually
prove curse and become bone of con-
tention and continual trouble between
proprietors and compositors."
OF the nine hour law the president said
it was q most important question that
would affect book and Job printers most;
but whether the time was ripe to pass upon
1t the union must decide. In his opinion
the coming year would have important
and he suggests the assertion of the unions
faith in the plan and its postponement to 9
more convenient season.
OF apprentices, the president said" This
time-worn subject is still with us. The
resolution prohibiting subordinate unions
from recognizing apprentices on morning
papers, who may thereafter be illegally
placed thereon, has not been heartily
scquiesced in, amounting in cases to non
observance. A strange paradox is that em
pIoyers who suffer from incompetent
workmen place obstacles in the way o.
remedying the evil"
Committees on Stereotypes Plates and o.
Borrowing and Loaning Matter were ap
pointed.
The law making the Craftsman the off
cial organ of the bod y was repealed,